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Face Urn

25–50 CE

Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo Roman, 2nd quarter, 1st Century

Medium
reddish ware with gray burnished slip
Measurements
Diameter: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); Overall: 19 x 20 cm (7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1992.125
Public Domain
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Location
103 Roman
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The phallus was often used as a protective symbol in the ancient world.

Description

This wheel-thrown vase is decorated with humanlike facial features and a phallus applied to the face’s cheek. Wide arching eyebrows meet at the short bridge of the face’s puggy nose, which sits over lips pursed around its protruding tongue. Finger marks can be seen around the eyes and eyebrows where clay was added onto the surface of the vessel to form the facial features.

Face Urn

25–50 CE

Rhenish (Cologne), Gallo Roman, 2nd quarter, 1st Century

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